| How can I learn words faster? What kind of class should an SAT class be? What should I learn? How should I be taught? Most kids don’t like classrooms. Conclusion: Don’t make your SAT session like school. Teachers, do something differently… ================================= Use colors. Colored pens, colored paper Make a puzzle Use songs Look at hymns, musicals, lyrics Use your imagination Compare, make a connection Build a feeling with the new word. Audio recordings. Compare confusing words: pare, pair, pear. Use visual clues. Make a movie – yes, let students use your digital camera. What’s on the wall? (Visual) Look around the room for visual clues. Use other languages. Look for clues and connections to Spanish, French and other languages... Ask students to perform their understanding How can I make these words come alive? Can your teachers put Geography into every lesson? Ask your teacher: Are you learning another language? If you aren’t learning another language, What Message Does It Say To Our Students? WMDISTOS? WMDISTU? Students can ask this question…. Warning sign: Find another teacher if you hear your teacher say, “I’m not good at math” That's when the student should ask: Then why are you teaching 6th grade? WMDISTU? What message does it send to us? Hey, teacher! Can you learn another game? Can you learn new rules? Hey, teacher! How does math fit into a game? Darts and scores If you throw two darts and they land on 18 and 3, then multiply. 18 times 3 = ? Yes? (see answer >>>>>>>>>>>>) Use darts to improve your math practice… Up to 20 times 20 How do they say “times” in Spanish? WMDISTOS? WMDISTU? www.ResolveToHeal.com You can't study well if you are angry or afraid of a test... You'll learn more if you take a deep breath.... and answer the questions that Pat Harris asks on her web site. Print this page >>> post the WMD ISTU? message on your book. with this web page... |
| GO TO FCAT Practice Poster: newFCAT.com Look for our Volunteers This is the web site for Mr. McCrea "Mr. Mac" www.newFCAT.com <<<<< it's a new attitude SAT TUTOR Mr. Mac's SAT Course Tutor for other subjects Web Site Instruction www.number2.com www.freevocabulary.com DVD available showing my technique You won't need a tutor if you spend at least 4 months with both of these web sites... If you still want a tutor, call 954 646 8246 in Fort Lauderdale... SAT VOCABULARY Learn about these photos by visiting www.oocities.org and making a web site using your yahoo.com ID -- ask Mr. Mac ESOL English for Speakers of Other Languages EFL English as a Foreign Language FreeEnglishLessons.com Free English Lessons Online Math For Artists.com Math-Success.com Differences in the Brain Go to PatHarris and Resolve To Heal |
| Learn 5 phrases in another language Find out your "learning style" GO FARTHER Look for Patterns (for gifted students...and everyone is gifted at something) Meet a penpal VISUAL AND ACTIVE Learn phrases in Italian smartphrase.com/Italian/it_general_words_phr.shtml WHAT SHOULD STUDENTS LEARN LEARN FRENCH ITALIAN SPANISH Phrases LOOK FOR PATTERNS VISUAL and ACTIVE Welcome to FREE SAT LESSONS |
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| Look deep into your own eyes... Answer these questions honestly! Keep an open mind... Here are some of the procedures that you'll find in a Visual and Active SAT class... >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> |
| Howard Gardner, a professor at Harvard University, has found that people can be tested in a variety of ways -- you can show your understanding through an oral test, through a photo montage, through... well, you can tell me how you want to be tested. Eventually, parents and teachers and adminstrators want you to take a written test... Until then, let's learn while laughing... What Message Does It Send to Our Students when they hear a teacher say, "Well, math really isn't my thing" or "Geogrpahy isn't my strong point" as if knowing where China is located is an optional skill. |
| 18 x 3 ---- 2 x 18 = 36 then add 18 oh yeah! 54 |
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| You don't have to make a wish if you put the time in to study... and practice... |
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| It's not about luck... It's about hard work. It's about getting the right attitude. It's about looking at your fears. BEHIND ANGER is FEAR. School and the SAT and other tests are about preparing your mind... and your mind is affected by your feelings and your self-talk. See Pat Harris.... NOW |
| WMDISTOS This page is called "Free SAT Lessons" Return to INDEX What can you do if your teacher isn't interested in continued learning? Your teacher needs a nudge or a hint if he or she says: "I'm not good at math." "I studied a language in high school. I don't need to learn another language." "Geography isn't my thing." "I don't use cubes and blocks in my class. If students can't read the textbook, they should repeat the class." "Multiple Intelligences is an excuse for not doing school work." If your teacher says these statements, then write WMD ISTOS or WMD ISTU on the black board or on your notebooks or on a note and leave the note on the ground. Then put www.DemocracyBonds.com and click on "Flat Challenge." WMDISTOS = What Message Does It Send To Our Students What Message Does It Send To Us? |
| Why is this web page called "Free SAT Lessons"? 1. Because it has links to my notes that I give to my students who are studying for tests (especially multiple-choice tests). BCC SAT SAT SAT1 2. Because this is a set of free advice for improving teachers -- if teachers teach better, you won't need more SAT tutoring (so this is a free lesson, setting you free from more boring studying, so that you can visit web sites that will change your perspective: www.BuildingInternationalBridges.com and DemocracyBonds.com 3. Because teachers who are more aware of Multiple Ways of Leraning will develop Multiple Ways of Teaching, thereby making it less necessary for me to tutor students... Remember, students need Multiple Ways of Expressing and Describing and Performing their understanding... |
| Reminder for Teachers In a message dated 4/27/2005 3:04:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Several teachers got me interested in how to teach visual and audio learners... if kids hate to take notes, then at least they can listen to the lecture a second time and learn more. -- S. McCrea Then a parent named John scolded me: (reminded me) But kids generally do not take good notes! The problem I see is that the teachers need to teach the kids how to reflect on everything they said in class during the last 3 minutes of class. Teachers who teach until the bell rings set themselves up so that the taught material will be 80% forgotten during the next hour. No? Thoughts? -- John My reply: brilliant.... that is true. For audio and visual learners, the kids can remember something if they have cues -- the teacher has to be able to make those notes "orally" with highpoints that the kid can remember. to see a world in a grain of sand (squeeze together fingers) and heaven (arch overhead) in a wild flower (opening fist) hold infinity (symbol of horizontal 8) in the palm of your hand and eternity (a long line) in an hour. (point to the watch) I got many kids to memorize those lines in one 20 minute class. Do I usually teach to the bell? Yep, and it's a bad habit. Bravo for the reminder. I'm posting this interchange on my teachers' web site... |